Eleocharis minuta
Eleocharis minuta
- Native to:
- Burundi | DR Congo | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Madagascar | Mauritius | Réunion | Rwanda | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Tanzania | Uganda | Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Cyperaceae
- Genus:
- Eleocharis
- Species:
- Eleocharis minuta
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Growth Habit:
- Forb/herb
- Height:
- 15 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Minimum Light:
- Part Sun
- Best Light:
- Full Sun
- Habitat:
- Wetland, Riparian
- Ecology:
- A dwarf spike-rush found growing in shallow temporary pools, seasonally inundated depressions, seepages, and muddy stream margins across tropical and southern Africa and western Indian Ocean islands.
Soil Requirements
- Soil:
- sandy — also tolerates clay, loam
- pH:
- acidic to neutral
- Drainage:
- wet
- Moisture:
- wet
- Notes:
- Occurs in saturated to submerged sandy muds, silts, and peat.